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The Sideline2026–27

Everything a Trojan lacrosse family needs in one place — the fall schedule, who's on the roster, how tailgates work, and who to call.

31Players
28Families
9Fall dates
15Spring games
8Home games

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@ San Diego State

Sun, Oct 4 · 11:30 AM · same-day travel, small tailgate after

Full fall schedule

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Hotel blocks

Room-block deadlines for the fall trips

All parent hotel blocks

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GroupMe

The parents thread — logistics, ride shares, last-minute changes

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Fall 2026

Fall ball & parents weekend

Fall ball runs through October, headlined by the Boston Fall Break Trip and Parents Weekend. Guest counts are the current RSVP totals — the second number includes players and coaches. Game times below come from the official 2026 Fall Schedule sheet; confirm in GroupMe before booking travel. Each date also shows the team hotel for that night — that's where the team is based, not somewhere parents can book.

Parent hotel blocksBook by the deadline

The Travel Coordinator's room blocks for families — these are the ones you book. Rates and links come from the Travel GroupMe; each block closes on the date shown and the hotel releases the rooms after that. Booked already and a better rate turns up? Cancel and rebook, or email the hotel contact.

Team hotelsTeam only

These are the team's hotels — parents cannot stay at them. They're listed so you know where the team is based each night and how far you'll be from them. Book your own rooms separately; the Travel Coordinator is tracking nearby options for families.

NightsTeam hotelAddressCoversHotel contact

Boston Fall Break Trip · Oct 8–10

Out
Thursday Oct 8, landing 9:00 PM EST.
Team hotel 1
Trumbull Marriott · 10/8–10/9
180 Hawley Lane, Trumbull, CT 06611 · team only
Friday
@ Yale, 3:30 PM. Post-game meal delivered for the team, then the drive to Boston.
Team hotel 2
Sheraton Boston Needham · 10/9–10/11
100 Cabot St, Needham, MA 02494 · team only
Saturday
@ Harvard play day — 8:20 AM vs Harvard, 10:40 AM vs Boston College, 1:20 PM vs Arizona State. Team dinner in Dover at 6:00 PM, team and parents.
Home
Team flies back to LA Sunday Oct 11 — the official sheet dates the trip Oct 8–10, but the Needham rooms run through the 11th.

UC Davis Play Day · Oct 17

Games
9:45 AM vs Stanford, then 12:45 PM vs UC Davis.
Travel
Drive out Friday Oct 16, hotel overnight, play Saturday, drive back the same day.
Team hotel
Hyatt House Davis · 10/16–10/17
2750 Cowell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95618 · team only
After
Small tailgate at the field before the drive home.
RSVPs
16 guests so far — the lightest of the fall dates.

Spring 2027Preliminary

15 games

Fifteen games: 8 at home, 7 on the road, 8 against Big Ten opponents. Start times aren't set yet — the coaching staff releases them closer to the season, so treat this as the shape of the season rather than something to book flights against. The Team hotel column is where the team will be staying on the road once ops confirms it — all eight away games are TBD today, and parents book their own rooms elsewhere.

DateOpponentSiteConferenceTimeFood sign-upTeam hotel

Road trips that pair up

Six of the seven away games pair up into three trips. Worth knowing before anyone books flights separately.

Colorado
Denver Feb 26 → Colorado Feb 28. Two days apart, one trip.
Midwest
Ohio State Mar 18 → Michigan Mar 21.
East Coast
Penn State Apr 8 → Rutgers Apr 11.
Standalone
San Diego State on Mar 13 is the only away game on its own — a day trip.

February

Three straight at Rawlinson to open — UC Davis on Feb 5, Stony Brook on the 9th, Stanford on the 13th. Then the Denver–Colorado back-to-back on Feb 26 and 28, which is one road trip; worth coordinating hotels early.

March

Conference play starts. Ohio State and Michigan fall on Mar 18 and 21 — another single road trip. Northwestern on Mar 28 is the first Big Ten game at home.

April

Penn State and Rutgers on Apr 8 and 11 pair up on the East Coast. The season closes at home: Johns Hopkins Apr 18, Oregon Apr 22.

Roster

31 players

The 2026–27 squad: 7 freshmen, 8 sophomores, 10 juniors, 6 seniors. Filter by position or class year.

Tailgates

How it works

Both sheets, every game

Headcount is how many of you are coming. Food sign-ups is who brings what — one tab per game. Please fill in both.

Four different setups get used depending on the game, and the difference matters — some draw on the tailgate fund, some don't, and one is families ordering for themselves. New families: you don't need to bring anything your first time, just show up and find the USC flag.

Food sign-ups by gameOne list

Who brings what, game by game. One Google Sheet — open it, then pick your game's tab along the bottom. Each tab has slots for appetizers, mains, gluten-free options, snacks, desserts, tables, paper goods, drinks, and set-up and take-down crew. Put your name against whatever you can take. The fall dates are live; Sign-up coming on the spring games means that tab hasn't been added yet.

DateGame / EventSeasonSiteFood sign-up

The four setups

The Lot
The parking lot behind the stadium, owned by the Hebrew center. Use was re-approved mid-way through the 2026 season and it changed everything — we can bring our own food in, before and after the game. Parents rated it well above the alternatives.
Yellow
The pregame lawn. Bring-your-own setup; two storage sheds live in the side yard with the canopies, coolers and tables.
Stadium
USC's own catering inside Rawlinson. Used for the opener. By a wide margin the most expensive setup per game, which is why it isn't the default.
Rock N Reilly's
Pay-as-you-go for midweek night games. Nothing comes out of the tailgate fund; families order for themselves.

Good to know

Dues
Charged per family, not per player — three sets of twins means 31 players across 28 families. The 2026–27 amount goes out to families directly; the Treasurer has the details.
Senior Day
Organized by the junior parents. It runs over its budget most years, so settle the gift early rather than late.
Headcount
Two sheets, two jobs. The headcount sheet is how many of you are coming; the food sign-ups are who brings what. Please fill both in — vendors need numbers days in advance.
Post-game with the team
If a combined parent/player tailgate comes up, the details get spelled out in advance with the Director of Operations. USC normally covers post-game nutrition for the players.
Away hotels
The team hotels listed on the fall and spring schedules are for the team only — families book separately. If parents are ever invited back to the team hotel for a gathering, confirm the window and whether food is provided before assuming.

Families

31 players

Every family on the 2026–27 roster, with phone numbers and emails. Search by player, parent or town. Tap a number to call, an address to email. Keep this page's link inside the program — and use Hide contact details before screen-sharing.

Connect

GroupMe & who to ask

Day-to-day chatter lives in GroupMe — that thread is where game-day logistics actually get sorted out.

Team

Head Coach
Sam Apuzzo
Assistant Coaches
Sydney Scales
Caroline Steele
Jenika Cuocco
Director of Operations
Josh Shoemaker · joshuas7@usc.edu
Prefers one parent lead as the single point of contact.

Who handles what

Names and direct contacts are in the Parents GroupMe — ask there and you'll be pointed to the right person.

Chair of the Board
Runs the parent calls and is the first stop for anything without an obvious owner.
Treasurer
Dues, the tailgate fund, and reimbursements.
Tailgates
Setup crews, the storage sheds, and what gets ordered for each game.
Travel Coordinator
Room blocks and booking deadlines for away trips and Parents Weekend.
Lanyards & buttons
Roster cards, lanyards and player buttons.
Team store
The apparel and cold-gear stores, and when they open and close.
This site
Keeps the schedule, roster and links current.

Resources4 links outstanding

Links & references

The links families ask for most. A grey marker means that one hasn't been tracked down yet.

PhotosAlbum link needed

Shared team album

Everyone's got good shots nobody else has seen. One shared album beats forty camera rolls — and come Senior Day, whoever's making the banners needs somewhere to pull from. The buttons below are placeholders until the album exists.

Add your photos

Game shots, tailgate candids, the Boston trip. Uploads go straight to the shared album from your phone.

Upload photos Link goes here

Browse the album

Everything families have contributed this season, newest first. Download anything you want at full size.

View album Link goes here

A few ground rules

Players first
These are other people's daughters. If a shot is unflattering, mid-injury, or someone asked you not to post it, leave it out.
No tagging
Don't put last names, jersey numbers or locations in album captions. Parents know who's who.
Off the field
Nothing from locker rooms, training rooms, hotel rooms or team meetings. Sideline, tailgate and travel only.
Full size
Upload originals, not screenshots. The Senior Day banners and the end-of-season slideshow need the resolution.
Ask first
Before anything goes to a public social account, check with that player's family.

What to send

Gameday
Sideline shots, the bench, the huddle, the walk-off. Anything a parent three thousand miles away would want to see.
Tailgates
The setup, the spread, the crowd. These are the ones nobody else thinks to take.
Travel
Airports, hotels, team meals, whatever happens on the road.
Seniors
Four years of a player in one album is what makes Senior Day work. Dig back through old camera rolls.
Not official shots
USC's athletics media team covers the professional action photography. This album is for what families shoot themselves.

AlumniNeeds content

Former players & families

Once a Trojan. The alumni side of this portal exists to keep former players connected to the program and to each other — and to give current players people to call. It is the newest part of the site and the least built out.

Ways to stay involved

Mentor
Pair with a current player in your field. One call a semester is enough to matter.
Alumni Game
Once a year. The date and the gear order go out well ahead so travel is bookable.
Watch parties
Regional groups form where the roster clusters — Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Colorado and Massachusetts.
Give
Gifts go through the official USC Athletics giving page — never through this site.
Update us
New job, new city, new last name? Send it through so the directory stays useful.

What's still missing

Being straight about it: this section is a frame. There is no lacrosse-specific alumni group yet, and no alumni have been asked for anything.

Needed
A handful of former players willing to be listed as mentors, and one of them willing to say something quotable about life after the program.
Needed
An Alumni Game date, so the gear order can go out with enough lead time.
Meanwhile
The USC Alumni Networks directory is the closest thing that exists — regional chapters and industry groups, open to every Trojan.